Application Support – Global Equities

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a qualified applications support professional to back Sophis for equity derivatives, providing daily front-to-back office support, ensuring stability, data quality, and automation. The role includes collaborating across teams, handling pricing issues, and participating in deployment and continuity initiatives.

The candidate should have 3+ years in related roles, strong SQL (Oracle preferred), and Python scripting experience, with knowledge of monitoring and job schedulers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience supporting equity derivatives or similar.
• SQL proficiency (Oracle preferred).
• Python scripting experience (1-2 years).
• Experience monitoring high-availability trading apps, batch processing.
• Experience with job schedulers (e.g., BMC Control-M, Autosys).
• Windows Server administration (3 years).
• Linux administration (3 years).

Responsibilities

• Address incidents impacting front/middle/back office; ensure daily operations.
• Improve stability and data quality delivered to users.
• Configure and monitor the ITRS platform and respond to events.
• Document issues and maintain runbooks.
• Coordinate with Support, Development, Analytics, Quants to remediate issues.
• Investigate pricing failures using SQL, Unix, and Windows.
• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell and other languages.
• Contribute to platform projects, including security and disaster recovery automation.
• Perform change and release activities for software deployments.
• Weekend checkouts on rotation; potential late shifts (10-7 EST).

Skills

SQL

Python scripting

Monitoring experience

Job Scheduler

Windows Server

Linux

Equity derivatives knowledge

Tools

BMC Control-M

Autosys

Cron

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

You will be supporting the Sophis application for the equity derivatives business. This is a critical application which is used for life cycle management of trades from trade feed to PnL and risk management and settlement. You will be supporting front office, middle office (trade support / finance), and back office (operations) daily to ensure business functions run smoothly.

What will you do?

• Quickly address issues pertaining to front office, middle office and back office that impact the business’ ability to perform daily functions.
• Drive improved stability and higher quality of data delivered to front office, middle office and back office.
• Contribute and improve the configuration of our monitoring platform ITRS, while actioning triggered events.
• Document new issues that occur and maintain/enhance existing documentation to ensure consistent steps performed for known issues.
• Coordinate between several groups to remediate issues (Support, Development, Analytics, Quants).
• Investigate pricing failures and resolve issues utilization various skills including SQL, Unix, Windows.
• Develop scripts to automate processes using Powershell and other scripting languages.
• Engage in platform related projects which include vulnerability remediation, business continuity practice and automation of day-to-day tasks.
• Perform change and release practices to deploy proprietary and vendor based software.
• Weekend checkouts on rotation will be required to ensure stable start of week.
• Rotation of shift schedules might require late shift (10-7 PM EST).

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• 3+ years’ experience supporting applications on equity derivatives or similar business.
• SQL language (3 years, Oracle preferred)
• Python scripting experience (1-2 years)
• Monitoring experience of high availability trading applications, batch processing or similar.
• Job Scheduler experience (i.e. BMC Control-M, Autosys, Cron, etc.)
• Windows Server (3 years)
• Linux experience (3 years)

Nice-to-have:

• ITRS Geneos Monitoring Software
• Experience supporting risk management and analytics applications / infrastructure
• Kubernetes / Docker experience
• GRID / Datasynapse
• Databricks
• Kafka

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

Job Skills

Computer Operations, Customer Service, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Interpersonal Relationships, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), System and Console Operations, System Applications, Systems Software

Additional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-24

Application Deadline:

2026-11-27

Note

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.